Mechanical movement.



No. 744,520. y PATENTED Nov. 17, 1903.

l E. A. EALLEE.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

'APP-LIOATION FILED AEE. 9. 190s. l No MODEL. 3sHEETs-sHEET1.

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. E. A. EALLEE-l y MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

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UNITED STATES f ratentea november 17, 190e.

PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST A. EALLEE, E NEW YORK, N. kY., ,Asste.No1ft 0El oNEI-IALE To JAMES W. CHISHOLM,

OF NEW YORK, Ni Y.\

MECHANICAL MovEM ENT.

sPEoIrroArrolvl forming part ef Lettere Patent No, 744,520, dated November 17, 1903.

` Applieeaon filedAprii 9,1903. serial No. 151.756. (No model.)

To v@ZZ whom tum/'ay concern.:

Be it known that I, ERNEST A. FALLER, a

citizen `of the German Empire, residing in:

New York, in the 'county of New York and State of New Y0rk,l1ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a speci' fication.`

' The present invention relates to mechanical movements. One of'its objects is to provide simple and efficient means for controlling the rotation of a driven member and cause the final displacement of selective members independently of the rotation of a constantly-rotating driving member.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of devices in which selective members are initially displaced and cause the final displacement of the same by a repetition of a cycle of operation in a predetermined order of rotation.

Another object of the invention is an ar rangement whereby the repetition of a certain cycle of operations of operating means for finally displacing selective members `is caused by spirally-disposed fingers on a normally rotating shaft.

This mechanical movement may be used in connection with indicating or annunciating machines.

The nature ofthe invention consists rin the construction ,and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fully described', and illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation ofthe device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through the axis of the driving mechanism; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are illustrations ofsuccessive positions of the displaceable members-or shuttles. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a detail of construction.

1 in Fig. 1 is a base-plate 'having integral therewith l va substantially vertical frameplate 2. Bearings 3 and 4-of the frame-plate 2 carry ashaft 5,y uponwhich are keyed suitable gearwheels 6 and 7. Asleeve `8 is looselyA mounted upon the shaft 5 and is provided with a groove-pulley 9 and a pinion `10.v Motion, as indicated by arrows, is imparted to the sleeve 8 by means of a string or cord acting upon pulley 9. Between the two gears 6 and 7 a second sleeve 11 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 5 and is provided with a radial arm l2, carrying at its end a stud 13,

"upon which is rotatable a compound planet- 'which represents the normallydriven member in contradistinction lto the constantlydriving member, the sleeve 8,.and the pulley 9. A pinion 22 is keyed or otherwise s ecured to shaft 21 and'is in meshwith the gear 7.of the shaft. v leral notches 24, is also keyed to the shaft 21 and rotates with the same. On the other side of gear 22 there are secured tothe shaft a series of hubs 25, provided withA radial fingers 26. The arrangement of the fingers 26 on the shaft 21 is such that the outer ends of the'ngers form a helix or spiral having its axis coinciding with the axis of the shaft 21. coincide also with the notches 24 on the disk 2 3, so that connecting-lines between the front face of the fingers 26 andthe center of the notches 24 are substantially parallel to the axis of the shaft 2l. thermore provided with two pairs of brackets 27 and 28, connected by substantially vertical guide-rods 29. The upper brackets 28 are furthermore connected by means ofavrod 30, `upon`which are inounted'washrs 3l, leaving a space between each two of the`washers within which are `gliding displaceable selective members or shuttles 32, through slots 33 of which passes the connecting-rod '30, so that the shuttles 32 are movable in parallel planes atright angles to this connectingrod 30.'

Each of the displacea-ble members or shuttles 32 is formed at its lower endwith a shoulder 34. At some distance above the'lower end The frame-plate 2 is fur,

A disk y23, having periph- The outer ends of these radial arms 26 and in the middle line of each shuttle is a glide-pin 35. The front edge of the shuttles is formed with a lifting-tooth 36, and at the l` upper end with a holding-tooth 37, the rear edge of the shuttles 32 with a supportingtooth 38.

Secured to the frame-plate 2 and located adjacent to each of the shuttles 32 are a series of cam-plates 39, each plate having a trapezoidal cam-groove 40, the inner side of the rear groove of which is formed by a bladespring 41. The pins 35 move in this camgroove 40. The spring 41 will allow the pins 35 to move upward in the front groove of the cam, whereby the spring 41 will yield, so that the pins 35 may pass the same, but cannot go back into the same grooves and are `forced to pass down through the rear part of the camgroove 40.

The upright frame-plate 2 carries a bearing 42 for movably supporting a bell-crank 43, having at the end of its horizontal leverarm a roller 44, adapted to glide upon the periphery of the disk 17 and to enter the notch 18 of the same. The vertical lever-arm of the bell-crank 43 is held under spring tension by meansof a helical spring 45, secured to the frame-plate 2. The frame-plate 2 is furthermore provided with bearings 46, movably supporting a second bell-crank 47, the vertical arm of which has a pin 48 normally in contact with the front face ofthe vertical arm of bell-crank 43. The horizontal lever of the bell-crank 47 is provided with a tooth 49, adapted to enter notches 24 of the disk 23. The bell-crank 47 is held under spring tension by means of aspring 50, secured to the frameplate 2. The frame-plate 2 carries also a bearing 5l, by which a double-armed lever 52 is movably supported, having at its lower end a roller 53, adapted to be in contact with the periphery of the cam 16. The other arm of the lever 52 is held under spring tension by means of a spring 54, and a connecting-rod 55 is connected to this upper arm of lever 52 and pivoted at 56 to a lever 57, secured to one end of a lever-shaft 58. Two other levers 59 are secured to the same lever-shaft 58, each of which is connected by connecting-rods 60 to the lifting-carriage 61. This lifting-carriage is provided with bearings for the supporting-journals 62 of a lifting-plate 63, held under pressure of a spring 64.

The upper end of the frame-plate 2 supports a series of retaining-dogs 65, each one of which is under the action of a spring 66, secured to the frame 2, and is operable by a pulling-wire or other suitable device 67. The rear side of the frame-plate 2 has bearings for a shaft, upon which are arranged a series of double-armed levers 69. The number of the dogs 65 and the levers 69 corresponds to the number of the shuttles or displaceable members 32. Each of the levers 69 is held under the tension of a spring 70 and is connected, by means of a link 71, to one end of an arm of a small bell-crank 72, supported ou a shaft carried by bearings 73. A pulling-Wire 74 is secured to the free ends of each of the levers 69, which wires 74, levers 69, links 71, and bell-cranks 72 act as initiating devices, causing by pulling the Wires 74 the initial displacement of the shuttles 32.

The operation of the mechanical movement is as follows: The normal position of the displaceable members 32 is illustrated in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings. The teeth 38 rest upon the upper end of the bell-crank 72, and the pin 35 is located in the rear part of the groove 40 of the cam-plate 39. Motion is imparted to the pulley 9 on sleeve 8, and the same is coustantly rotated or driven in a direction indicated by the arrow. In the position of the devices illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 this motion is transmitted to the' shaft 5 by means of the pinion 10, the planetary gears 15 and 14 and the gear 6 by the gear 7 and the pinion 22 to the shaft 2l and to the spirally-disposed radial ingers 26, which parts, therefore, are normally rotated or driven. Whenever one of the Wires 74 is pulled, the corresponding bell-crank 72 will remove from the tooth 38, and the displaceable member 32 will drop by gravity into the position illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The pin 35 of the displaceable member or shuttle 32 will rest in the lowermost edge of the groove 40 of the cam-plate 39. The shoulder 34 of the shuttle 32 will now be located in the path of rotation of one of the radial arms 26 on the shaft 2l, and as soon as this radial arm comes in contact with the shoulder 34 the rotation of the shaft 2l will be immediately stopped. As the pulley 9 is constantly rotating or driving and transmits its rotation by means of the pinion 10 to the planetary gear 15 and as the shaft 5 and the gears 7 and 6 are compelled to stop the sleeve 11, with all its parts, will be compelled to rotate around the gear 6 on the shaft 5. In consequence of this rotation of the sleeve 11 the cams 16 and 17 will rotate with it, and the roller 44 of the bell-crank 43 will be forced out of the notch 18 of the disk 17 and the tooth 49 will immediately enter the notch 24 of the disk 23, secured to the shaft 2l. This tooth 49 will remain in the notch 24 during the final displacement of the shuttles 32 and during one full revolution of cam 17. The cam 16 on the sleeve l1 acts with its periphery upon the roller 53 of the lever 52, and as this leverv52 is held under spring tension by the spring 54 the connecting-rod 55 will pull down the lever 57 and raise the levers 59, the connecting-rods 60, and also the lifting-carriage 61. The spring-acted lifting-plate 63 on the lifting-carriage 6l, which now is located with its edge under the tooth 36 of the shuttle 32, will displace the shuttle 32 until the upper tooth 37 of this shuttle is caught b v the dog 65, located at the upper end of the frame-plate 2. During this displacement the pin 35 of the shuttle 32 passes upward along the front part of the groove 40 of the cam-plate 39 and past IDO IIO

byand above thespring 41 of said cam groove 40. As soon as the sleeve .11, with all its parts, has made a complete revolution, the roller 44 of the bell-crank 43 will again enter the notch 18 of the cam 17, the tooth 49 of the second bell-crank 47 will leave the notch 24 of the disk 2 3, and the shaft 21, with its parts, will be restarted and rotate-again as at the beginning of the operation.

One of the main advantages of this mechanical movement consists in the fact that whichever of the shuttles is released by pulling the wire 74, and especially when more than one of the shuttles are initially dis# placed at the same time, the final displacement of the members 32V Will take place in a predetermined orderthat is to say, when, for instance, as illustrated in the drawings, the first, the third, the fifth, and the seventh shuttle should have been released and initially displaced and one of the fingers 26-for instance,the third-should be the first to come into contact with its now depending shuttle the shaft 21 would be stopped and held so until this shuttle No. 3 is finally displaced and held by its dog 65. As soon as this dis# placement has been completed the sha'ftu21 is restarted, and another finger 26 comes in contact with the shuttle No. 5, and the cycle of operation is repeated in finally displacing this shuttle No. 5. The shuttle No. 1 would then be the next to be nally displaced, and if in the meantime shuttle No. should have been dropped and there is no other shuttle initially displaced between No. 1 andNo. 6 this shuttle No. 6 will be displaced immediately-in other words, the final displacement of all the shuttles takes place, as stated hereinbefore, in Va predetermined order, based upon the arithmetical sequence of the shut tles which have been released by pulling the wires 74. The shuttles 32 are brought back into the starting position by pulling the wire 67 and removing the dog 65 from the upper tooth 37 of the shuttles 32, Whereafter the shuttles will drop down by gravity, the pin` 35 movingdown the rear part of the groove, 40 of the cam-plate 39, so that the retainingtooth 38 rests again upon the upper end of the relieving-lever 72.

Having now described this invention, thatV whichis claimed as new and useful, and desired to be secured by'Letters Patent, is-

l. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of members located in one plane and adapted to be displaced in substantially parallel planes at right angles to thelirst plane, meansv for causing gravity' to displace said members in one direction and means for displacing the same in another direction.

2. A mechanical movement, comprising gravity-controlled displaceable members vlocated and movable in substantially parallel planes, and operating means therefor, the

cycle of operation of saidoperating means causing the final displacement of thedisplaceable members in a predetermined order.

3. A mechanical movement, comprising gravity-controlled displaceable members located and movable in substantially vertical planes, and operatingv means therefor,` the cycle of operation of said operating means causing nal displacement of the displaceable members in a predetermined order.

4. Al mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members and. operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members in one direction, and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in another direction.

5. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members in one direction, and means for causing said operating means to iinally displace said members in an opposite direction.

6. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members in a downward direction, and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in an upward direction.

7. A mechanical A movement, comprising displaceable members located and movable in substantially parallel planes, and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in apredetermined order. f 8. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members located and movable in substantially parallel planes and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said membersin one direction, and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in a predetermined or-V der in another direction.l

9. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members located and movable in substantially parallel planes Aand operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members in one direction, and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in a predetermined order in an opposite directiom l 10. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members located and movable in substantially parallel planes and operating means therefor, devices for initially displac ing said members in a downward direction,

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and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in a predetermined order in an upward direction. A

11. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members located and movablein substantially vertical planes, and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in a predetermined order."

l2. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members located and movable in snbstantiallyvertical planes and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members in one direction, and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in a predetermined order in another direction.

13. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members located and movable in substantially vertical planes and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members in one direction, and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in a predetermined order in an opposite direction.

14. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members located and movable in substantially vertical planes and operating means therefor, devices for initially displacing said members in a downward direction, and means for causing said operating means to finally displace said members in a predetermined order in an upward direction.

15. A mechanical lnovement, comprising initiating devices, displaceable members adapted to be initially displaced by said initiating devices, operating means for finally displacing said displaceable members, and` means for causing the final displacement of the displaceable members to take place in a predetermined order.

16. A mechanical movement, comprising initiating devices, displaceable members adapted to be initially displaced by said initiating devices in one direction, operating means for finally displacing said displaceable members in another direction, and means for causing the final displace ment of the displaceable members to take place in a predetermined order.

17. A mechanical movement, comprising initiating devices, displaceable members adapted to be initially displaced by said initiating devices in one direction, operating means for finally displacing said displaceable members in an opposite direction, and means for causing the final displacement of the displaceable members to take place in a predetermined order.

18. A mechanical movement, comprising initiating devices, displaceable members adapted to be initially displaced by said initiating devices in a downward direction, operating means for nally displacing said displaceable members in an upward direction, and means for causing the final displacement of the displaceable members to take place in a predetermined order.

19. A mechanical movement, comprising a driving member and a driven member, a plurality of means located in one plane for stopping the movement of said driven member, means for displacing said stopping means, and means for causing said displacement of the stopping-means to take place in a prede termined order.

20. A mechanical movement, comprising a constantly-rotating member, a normally rotating shaft upon which said member is mounted, a second shaft to receive the rotation from said normally rotating shaft and connecting means between said constantlyrotating member and said normally-rotating shaft, and means for stopping the rotation of said second shaft.

2l. Amechanical movement, comprising a normally rotating shaft, displaceable members for stopping the rotation of the said shaft, means for initially displacing said members to stop said shaft, and meansfor finally displacing said members and to restart said shaft.

22. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members, means forinitially displacing said members in one direction, and

means for finally displacing said members in another direction,said final displacement taking place in a fixed order independently of the order of the initialdisplacement.

23. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members, means forinitially displacing said members in one direction, and means for finally displacing said members in an opposite direction, said final displacement taking place in a fixed order independently of the order of the initial displacement.

24. A mechanical movement, comprising displaceable members, means for initially displacing said members in a downward direcH tion, and means for finally displacing said members in an upward direction, said final displacement taking place in a fixed order independently of the order of the initial displacement.

25. A mechanical movement, comprising a shaft,a revoluble sleeve thereon and normally held stationary, a planetary gear secured to said sleeve, a gear secured to said shaft and in mesh with said planetary gear, and means for stopping the rotation of said gear and causing the rotation ot' said sleeve.

26. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable members, means for retaining the same in an initial position, means for holding the same in a final position, and means for displacing the same into said final position.

27. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality ofdisplaceable members located and movable in substantially parallel planes, guiding means on said members and a cam groove for said guiding means.

28. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable members located and movable in substantially vertical planes, guiding means on said members, and a camgroove for said guiding means.

29. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable members, a normally rotating shaft, andmeans on said shaft adapted to engage with said members for stopping the rotation of said shaft.

30. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of.displaceable members, a normally rotating shaft adaptedrto be stopped by the initial displacement of said members and means for stopping said shaft during theoperation of nally displacing said members.

3l. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable members, a normally rotating shaft adapted to be stopped by the initial displacement in one direction of said members, and means for stopping said shaft during the operation of finally displacing said/members in another direction.

32. A mechanical movement, comprising a' plurality of displaceable members, a normally rotating shaft adapted to Vbe stopped by the initial displacement in one direction of said members, and means for stopping said shaft during the operation of finally displacing said members in an opposite direction.

33. A mechanical movement, comprisinga plurality of displaceable members, a normally rotating shaft adapted to be stopped by the initial displacement in a downward direction of said members, and means for stopping said shaft during the operation of finally displacing said members in an upward direction.

34. A mechanical movement, comprising a constantly-rotating driving member, a normally rotating driven member,selective members for causing said driven member to stop, and automatic means for causing it to restart.

35. A mechanical movement, comprisinga constantly-rotating driving member, a normally rotating driven member, a series of spirally-disposed radial ngers on said driven member, and selective members for engaging any one of said fingers to stop the rotation of said driven member.

36. A mechanical movement, comprisinga constantly-rotating driving member, a normally rotating driven member, a series of spi'rally-disposed radial 1in gers on said driven member, selective members for engaging any one of the said fingers to stop the rotation of said driven member, and automatic means to restart the rotation of the same. y

37. A mechanical movement, comprisinga plurality of displaceable members, means for at will initially displacing said members, means for automatically finally displacing said members, and means for causing said members to return to their normal position.

38. A mechanical movement, comprisinga plurality of displaceable members, means for at will initially displacing said members in one direction, means for automatically finally displacing said members in another direction, and means for causing said members to return to their normal position.

39. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable members, means for at will initially displacing said members in one direction, means for automatically displacing said members in an opposite direction, and means for causing said members lto return to their normal position.

tion, and means for causing said members to return to their normal position.

4l. A mechanical movement, comprisinga plurality of displaceable members, means for causing gravity to initially displace said members, automatic means to finally displace said` members, and means for causing gravity to return said members to their normal position.

42. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable members, means for causing gravity to initially displace said mem-A p bers, and operating means for said members,

Vthe cycle of operation of said operating means causing nal displacement of said members in a predetermined order.

43. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable mem bers, means for causing gravity to initially displace said members in one direction, and operating means for said members, the cycle of operationof said operating means causing inal displacement in another direction of said members in in an opposite direction of said members in a predetermined order.

' 45. A mechanical movement, comprisinga plurality of displaceable members, means for causing gravity to initiallydisplace said members in a downward direction, andoperating means for said members, the cycle of operation of said operating means causing inal displacement in an upward direction oi lsaid members in a predetermined order.

46. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality of displaceable members, means forV initially displacing said members in any desired order, means for finally displacing said IIO membersin a predetermined order, and means for causing said members to return to their normal positionl in any desired order.

47. A mechanical move'ment,`comprising a plurality of displaceable members, means for at will initially displacing said membersin one direction, means for automatically finally displacing said members in another ldirection, and means for causing said members to return to their normal position.

48. A mechanical movement, comprising a plurality ot' displaceable members, means for initially (lisplaeingl,r said members in any de- Witnesses, at New York, in the county of New sired order in one direction, means for finally York and State of New York, this 4th day of to displacing said members in a predetermined April, 1903.

order in another direction, and means for `5 causing said members to return to their nor- ERNEST A" FALLER mal position in any desired order. In presence of In testimony whereof I have hereunto set RALPH J ULIAN. SACHERS,

my hand, in the presence of two subscribing JAMES W. CHISHOLM. 

